WSU ready to open NIT tonight
COUGARS
It’s game day in the Palouse. Game night, really. NIT game night. Washington State hosts Long Beach State in the final NIT first-round game tonight in Beasley Coliseum. We have more on that and other Pac-10 items, so read on.
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• Washington State: We linked our advance , which ran in this morning’s paper , yesterday and we really don’t have a lot to add from the Cougars side of things as practice was closed. We can pass along this story about the 49ers from Long Beach and the Seattle Times’ all-state basketball team , which includes future Cougar DaVonte Lacy. … If WSU wins tonight, it will host Oklahoma State in a second-round game sometime this weekend. The Cowboys ran Harvard off the court early last night in Stillwater. …. And that’s about it.
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• Around the Pac-10: California is preparing for its NIT matchup with Mississippi, the first time the Bears have ever played Mississippi in hoops. … Oregon has a CBI game at home tonight against Weber State of the Big Sky, and the Ducks are happy the money was invested. … Speaking of happy, Washington is pleased to have Venoy Overton back and pleased with the play of Aziz N’Diaye. … USC has a first-round NCAA date with Virginia Commonwealth tonight and Kevin O’Neill will be back on the bench. … Another Tyler Honeycutt feature from Los Angeles. … There are still a couple Arizona Wildcats with NCAA experience .
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• That’s it for this morning . We’ll be back this evening before the game. Until then …
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